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On the road to cleaner air

July 8, 2010
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Nitrous oxides released by cars can now be reduced by the roads they travel on after scientists in the Netherlands develop a road surface that cleans the air.
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Robot for rubbish collection

July 8, 2010
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The weekly rubbish bin collection can be a nightmare for many across Europe as the streets they live on are just too narrow for the lorry to go down but...
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Reducing drag with shark model

July 7, 2010
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Fast-swimming sharks have evolved to the point where they are resistant to currents and experience little drag in the water and this has provided the inspiration for a paint which...
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Did an oceanic burp end the last ice age?

July 6, 2010
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A huge and sudden belch of carbon dioxide from the depths of the ocean may have called time on the last ice age - but what does this mean for...
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Butterfly wings inspires fraud prevention

July 6, 2010
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Bank notes and credit cards could be harder to forge thanks to scientists who have discovered a way to mimic bright colours seen on the wings of tropical butterflies.
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Life on Mars?

July 5, 2010
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Huge seas once existed on Mars, and it was warmer and wetter than first thought according to new evidence from NASA instruments orbiting and exploring the red planet.
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Nanofibres spun like candyfloss

July 2, 2010
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A machine hailed as the cross between a high-speed centrifuge and a candyfloss machine could revolutionise the production of nanofibres which may have a use in the medical and textile...
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Clever larvae switch off protection mechanism

July 2, 2010
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Plants under attack from Hessian fly larva are able to protect themselves by ramping up production of surfaces waxes and cutin according to new research from Purdue University - they...
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Tamiflu resistance mechanism revealed

June 24, 2010
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Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have identified the molecular changes that aided the rapid spread of a strain of the H1N1 virus resistant to the antiviral drug, Tamiflu.
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Carbon dioxide storage solution

June 24, 2010
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Thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide could be pumped underground to mix with minerals and become rock if an experiment to test the theory’s viability is a success.
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Plastic fantastic antibodies

June 24, 2010
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Plastic antibodies capable of mimicking the body’s immune system by recognising and fighting infections could point towards custom-made particles to fight antigens.
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UTCs open in London and Manchester

June 23, 2010
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The University of Manchester and Imperial College London are to play home to two new University Technology Centres (UTC) dedicated to nuclear technology.
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